Texas A&M vs. Kansas State Post Game Notes
Oct 11, 2008 | Football
Oct. 11, 2008
Texas A&M
For the second straight week, the A&M offense produced a season-high in total offense. The Aggies had 544 yards today after compiling 402 last week at Oklahoma State. It was the most offensive yards by A&M since the Aggies had 552 against Baylor in last year's Big 12 opener. A&M also produced season highs in passing yards (419), pass completions (29) and pass attempts (41). The Aggies averaged 7.4 yards per play.
Sophomore quarterback Jerrod Johnson set school records for total offense (487) and passing yards (419). He also rushed 17 times for 68 yards, both career bests. The previous record for total offense was 449 (349 pass/100 rush) by Reggie McNeal vs. SMU in 2005. The previous mark for passing yards was 399 by Dustin Long vs. Kansas in 2002. Johnson's previous total offense high was 272 yards (275 pass/-3 rush) vs. Miami (Fla).
Johnson completed 29-of-41 passes, both career highs. His 29 completions were sixth most in school history and the 41 attempts tied for 14th. His previous rushing high was 49 vs. La.-Monroe in 2007.
Of Johnson's 29 completions, 21 were to freshman receivers: 12 to redshirt freshman Ryan Tannehill, seven to true freshman Jeff Fuller and two to true freshman Cyrus Gray.
Tannehill set school freshman records for receptions (12) and receiving yards (210). The previous freshman marks were 10 catches and 146 yards by Terrence Murphy vs. Colorado in 2001. Tannehill is the fifth freshman to surpass the 100-yard level in receiving yards in a game and the first since Kerry Franks had 128 against Wyoming in 2004.
Tannehill's 12 catches tied for the fourth most overall in school history and were the most since Albert Connell had a school-record 18 catches against Colorado in 1996. His 210 yards were a record for an Aggie in a Big 12 game and were the third most overall in school annals. The last time an Aggie had more receiving yards was in 2005, when Jason Carter had 219 (8 receptions) against Texas State.
Seven of Tannehill's 12 catches went for first downs, including six on third-down situations.
Senior Jorvorskie Lane's one-yard plunge late in the second quarter was the 45th rushing touchdown of his career, which breaks the A&M school record that he shared with Darren Lewis (1987-90). It was his 46th total touchdown of his career, which also breaks the school mark that he shared with Lewis and Rodney Thomas (1991-94).
KSU's punt block in the first quarter marked the first time a Justin Brantly punt has been blocked since the Texas game in 2005, a span of 128 punts.
Seeing his first action of the season was Billy Chavis, who has shifted to linebacker after spending the spring and August camp at tight end.
Taking off their redshirts for today's game were tight end K.J. Williams (Norman, Okla.) and placekicker Randy Bullock (Klein, Texas).
Making his first career start was redshirt freshman tight end Ben Bass
Game captains were senior Justin Brantly
Senior fullback Nick LaMantia was the 12th Man for a record 28th time.
The loss gave A&M its first 0-2 conference since the 1984 Aggies fell to Texas Tech (30-12) and Houston (9-7) in Southwest Conference play.
Kansas State
• Saturday's Kansas State win over Texas A&M marked the first time in 11 years the Wildcats have been victorious against the Aggies...
The last victory over Texas A&M was a 36-17 win in College Station on Oct. 18, 1997... Texas A&M still leads the all-time series between
the two teams, 8-5, but the series is now tied at three apiece in games played in College Station... K-State is now 26-23 (.531) in Big 12
road games since the inception of the conference, while the Wildcats are 61-37 (.622) all-time in Big 12 games... K-State is now 27-26
(.509) all-time against teams from the state of Texas, including a 19-21 (.475) mark against Big 12 foes from the state... Since the start
of the Big 12, Kansas State is now 21-17 (.553) vs. Big 12 South competition... Kansas State is now 16-0 when leading at halftime under
head coach Ron Prince and 117-19 (.860) when scoring first since 1990.
• The Wildcats marched 93 yards in 13 plays, using 5:22 of the clock on a second-quarter touchdown drive... The scoring drive -
capped off by a Logan Dold rushing touchdown - was the longest in terms of yards this season... The previous high was a 90-yard
scoring drive against Louisiana... The Wildcats also scored on its first possession of the game for the fourth time this season.
• Kansas State blocked Texas A&M's first punt of the day and returned it for a touchdown... Senior linebacker Reggie Walker recorded
his first-career blocked punt, while junior defensive back Courtney Herndon returned the ball 10 yards for the touchdown... It is the
fourth time this season K-State has blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown, while it was the sixth blocked kick this season (two
extra points)... It was the first time Aggie punter Justin Brantly had a punt blocked in 128 attempts... The Wildcats have now blocked 47
kicks in the Big 12 era and have 31 blocked kicks since 2002... The Wildcats also have now scored a nation-leading 22 non-offensive
touchdowns since 2006 and have tallied 66 non-offensive touchdowns since the 1999 season, the second-most during that time span
(Virginia Tech, 68).
• The 44 points scored by Kansas State were the most in a conference game since the Wildcats racked up 51 points in a win over
Baylor on Oct. 27, 2007... It was also the most points scored in a Big 12 road game since 45-0 shutout at Iowa State on Nov. 8, 2003.
• Kansas State committed just two penalty for 25 yards this afternoon... The Wildcats were not flagged until a holding call on a kickoff
with 2:35 remaining in the third quarter.
• Quarterback Josh Freeman started his 26th career contest on Saturday... The junior quarterback finished the afternoon 21-of-26 with
234 yards, but did not record a passing touchdown, breaking a 17-game streak with at least one passing touchdown... The last time
Freeman did not throw for a score was the 2007 season opener at Auburn on Sept. 1, 2007.... Freeman remains tied for second with
Michael Bishop (1997-98; 36) on the K-State career passing touchdown list with 36 career passing touchdowns... Freeman needs one
touchdown pass to tie Ell Roberson (2000-03; 37) for the K-State career record.
• Freeman also tallied 18 carries for 95 yards and four touchdowns... His 95 yards and four touchdowns were both career highs... The
four rushing scores by Freeman tied for second-most in school history in a single game (four other times) and were the most since Allen
Webb recorded four rushing scores against Nebraska on Oct. 23, 2004... Furthermore, Freeman has now rushed for at least two touchdowns
in five of the first six games this season... His four rushing touchdowns bring his season total to 12, while Freeman's career rushing
TD total now stands at 18... Freeman now has 24 total touchdown this season, eclipsing his mark of 22 all of last season.
• Logan Dold earned the starting nod at running back... It was Dold's first career start and he became the first true freshman to start at
running back since Leon Patton started against Oklahoma State on October 7, 2006... He finished the afternoon with 21 carries for 115
yards and one touchdown... He became the first true freshman running back with a 100-yard rushing game since Patton had 102 yards at
Kansas on Nov. 18, 2006... Dold recorded his second career touchdown on a four-yard rush with 7:39 remaining in the second quarter.
• Junior wide receiver Aubrey Quarles recorded his first-career 100-yard receiving game... Quarles finished the day with a career-best
nine catches for 102 yards... He is the second Wildcat this season to tally 100 yards in a game as Brandon Banks had 153 yards against
Louisville and 127 yards against Louisiana.
• Senior defensive end Ian Campbell recorded one sack this afternoon... The Cimarron, Kan., native now has 19.5 career sacks, good
for sole possession of sixth place on the school's all-time list... Campbell is now a half-sack away from reaching the top five.
• Senior place kicker Brooks Rossman nailed a 49-yard field goal for Kansas State's first three points of the second half... The 49-
yarder was his longest of the season and the second-longest during his tenure at Kansas State... After being true on all five field goal
attempts this season, Rossman's improved his career percentage to 81.8 percent, tops in school history.
